Category Archives: golf

Ultimate Driver Clinic Highlights

Want to add 20 yards to your drives, hit more fairways, and improve your consistency? Then attend one of our monthly Ultimate Driver Clinics! Each month we give six golfers an opportunity to work on Flightscope radar systems to optimize their tee shots. We focus on impact dynamics rather than obsess about the golf swing. […]…

Radar Chronicles Episode 2: Baseline Iron Shot Data

What does it take to play better golf? That’s exactly the question we’re investigating with our Radar Study. In this week’s issue of The Radar Chronicles we’ll cover a number of discoveries: The 3-Step Process to performance change, the value of precise feedback, the importance of self-adjusting, and changing impact instead of changing the golf […]…

Newsletter Visualize Your Shot Part 2

How, exactly, does visualization help with your golf shot? Perhaps the following story of the slalom skier experiment will help you “picture” what happens when you visualize your shot in advance. In the first stage of the experiment scientists wired up a skier with electrodes attached to all his muscles then sent him through a […]…

How To Simplify Your Golf Game

I’d like to dramatically simplify your golf game. I think we’ve become too focused on the swing and the myriad positions and movements we create. There are too many tips, too many analysts, and too many so-called Gurus telling you how to swing the club. It seems we’ve lost sight of the end goal and […]…

My Golf Equipment at the 2012 World Long Drive Championship

I’ve had a number of comments and requests for info about the golf club equipment I used to win the 2012 World Long Drive Championship. Here’s the skinny: My basic configuration was the six degree Geek Golf “No Brainer” driver head, with a Claymore Shaft from Aerotech. All my clubs were custom assembled by Northern California-based […]…

Journey to the Worlds 2012 In this video I talk about “contingency” practice. Contingency practice is “what if ..” practice, and it’s a key component of mental toughness training. I imagine all kinds of different scenarios and circumstances, then simulate those scenarios in as close to competition conditions as possible, then test different strategies and […]…

Newsletter: How To Improve Your Golf Game Part I – Baselines

How To Take Your Golf Game To The Next Level: Part I – Establish a Performance Baseline If the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, why do most golfers approach the process of improving like it is a roller coaster ride? In this issue we kick off a newsletter series on High […]…

Newsletter: Fitness Training for Golf

If you want to play golf a long time, avoid injury, and consistently play to your highest potential some sort of fitness regimen is a must, and a golf-tailored fitness program is even better. Long before fitness was made a priority by Tiger Woods and others of the current golf generation, Gary Player devoted himself […]…

PGA Pros Working with Saving Strokes

You may have heard the slogan of the PGA – “Experts in the Business and Game of Golf.” But PGA Pros don’t just mind the golf shop or give lessons. They are leaders in the community and volunteers in a wide range of services. Today I joined a number of my fellow PGA pros to […]…

Armchair Golf Pro: Toms Victory Crowne at Colonial

David Toms is resilient. After a heart-breaking playoff loss to KJ Choi last week at The Players Championship, Toms bounced back and won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Ben Hogan‘s home Colonial Country Club in Ft Worth. Toms came out of the gates playing a different course than everybody else, carding back-to-back 62’s to tie […]…

Armchair Golf Pro: Shell Open, Mickelson, Mental Toughness

The Armchair Golf Pro writes about PGA Tour events. Like you he is watching TV from his comfy armchair, enjoying the competition and drama, but also observing lessons that can be used to play better golf. Is Mickelson peaking at the right time for the Masters? Phil won the Shell Houston Open this weekend with […]…

Armchair Golf Pro: The Arnold Palmer, Laird, Bay Hill

The Armchair Golf Pro writes about PGA Tour events. Like you he is watching TV from his comfy armchair, enjoying the competition and drama, but also observing lessons that can be used to play better golf. Martin Laird emerged as the victor in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill with an 8-under total. I […]…

Armchair Golf Pro: Woodland, Transitions, Slow Play

The Armchair Golf Pro writes about PGA Tour events. Like you he is watching TV from his comfy armchair, enjoying the competition and drama, but also observing lessons that can be used to play better golf. There were a number of remarkable stats for Gary Woodland when he won the Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, […]…

Armchair Golf Pro: Accenture Match Play, Luke Donald

The Armchair Golf Pro writes about PGA Tour events. Like you he is watching TV from his comfy armchair, enjoying the competition and drama, but also observing lessons that can be used to play better golf. Luke Donald beat the world’s #1 golfer Martin Kaymer 3 & 2 to capture the Accenture World Match Play […]…

Newsletter: Confidence – How Comfortable Are You?

Quote of the day: “I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.” Bobby Jones Confidence (part 2) – Comfort’s Influence on Confidence In the last newsletter we talked about confidence – your belief in your own skills and abilities. You […]…

John Greenwood builds all my custom long drive clubs and my playing drivers as well. He's developed quite an expertise in building clubs that get more distance. Click on the image to visit his site and learn more about custom clubs from John. Let him know I sent you. www.GreewoodsGolfClubs.com